Carol Weeks wrote >My great grandmother was Elizabeth Thirlaway born c1878 in Thornley Durham.She married John William Cook. Her father was William Thirlaway, but I haven't managed to find >Elizabeth's birth certificate, so I don't know who her mother was. >Is there any connection with your family? Our possible connection to the Thurlaway family relates to a marriage of Jane Thurlaway to Joseph Robson at Chester le Street on 30th July 1775. I am sorry that we have no information of any Thirlaway family as late as 1878. Thank you, Carol, for your interest. Max Procter